Paying Household Charge at Council Offices
According to the Household Charge website – people who don’t want to register or pay online should be able to get registration forms and make payments at their local County Council or City Council offices.
See more here about the new Household Charge which is payable by all home owners from Jan 2012.
We did a quick survey of most of the County Council and City Council websites on January 6th to see if they were providing any information about the Household Charge.
We checked the council websites for Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, South County Dublin, Dublin City , Fingal , County Galway, Galway City Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.
Some sites had no information about the Household Charge at all – Carlow , North Tipp, Offaly and Monaghan did not mention it -or if they did it was well hidden!
The majority of the Council websites had just a link direct to the Household Charge website but no other info or mention of payment or forms being available.
Two Councils had a small bit of information about the charge and a link to the Householdcharge website . (Limerick County and Killarney).
Only three sites also had links to downloadable forms – Westmeath, Wicklow and Longford.
The only council that provided any useful information and confirmed that they were issuing forms and accepting payments was Fingal County Council.
Their website informs users that Household charge registration forms are available at all Fingal County Council cash offices and reception desks in Swords & Blanchardstown, at all Fingal Libraries and at Citizens Information Centres. They also state that Registration forms can be returned and payments can be made through Fingal County Council cash offices at Grove Rd, Blanchardstown or County Hall, Swords from 9.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Completed forms will be forwarded by the Council to the Household Charge payment office. They even have staff in a Household Charge Team available on 01 890 6254
Well done Fingal County Council – !
Update Jan 9th - Dublin City Council now have information about accepting payments – they state on their site that anyone who wants to pay Household Charge to Dublin City Council should go to : Customer Services Centre ,Ground Floor Block 3 Civic Offices.
Cavan have added some information that Household Charge Payments will be accepted at the Rates office, Courthouse, Cavan.
Galway County Council now say that forms can be collected from Galway County Council, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway. Payments of Household Charge can be made bBy calling to your Local Authority office (By credit card/laser/cheque/bankdraft / or Cash)
Wexford County Council have confirmed that cash will be accepted in any of the following Wexford Local Authority Offices and together with your completed registration form will be forwarded to the Central Processing Unit in Dublin.
- Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.
- Wexford Borough Council, Spawell Road, Wexford.
- New Ross Town Council, The Tholsel, New Ross
- Enniscorthy Town Council, Market Square, Enniscorthy.
- Gorey District Office, Civic Square, Gorey.
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Ballina Tipperary – 3rd Best Place to Live in Ireland
Ballina – North Tipperary came 3rd in our top twenty best towns in Ireland. This was the highest placed town outside the Dublin commuter belt. (Not to be confused with Ballina in Mayo – which came out as the 19th worst town.)Ballina in Tipperary is in 3rd place in the towns-ireland.com top twenty towns in Ireland. Analysis of the 2006 census data found that Ballina in Tipperary had a population of just 1861.
Only 2.74% of the workforce were unemployed – the average unemployment rate for Ireland was 5.89% Ballina (North Tipp) had the sixth lowest unemployment rate in Ireland at the time of the 2006 census.
Just 2.22% of the workforce in Ballina (Tipp) could not work because of poor health or disability – this is 50% lower than the national average.
Computers: 71% of households own personal computers in Portmarnock ) and 26.68% have broadband – slightly higher than the Irish average of 20.18%
Lone Parents: 11.96% of Ballina household units are lone parent households – which is almost half the average for Ireland of 19.3%.
Local Authority rental accommodation make up just 3.96% of the total homes in Ballina (N.Tipp) – this compares to a 9.06% average for the country.
Homes with no central heating make up just 4.12% of the dwellings in Ballina The average for Ireland is more than double the figure for Ballina at 10.22%.
About one in five homes in Ballina (Tipp) (19.8%) are owned and paid for with no mortgage outstanding. This is lower than the national average of 28% – reflecting the younger age profile of the town. (38% of Ballina resients are aged between 24 and 44 – the average for the country is 34%)
Of the Ballina (Tipperary) residents that have completed their education – 8.3% went no further than primary school. The national average is more than double that at 16.72%
Graduates (third level degree or a higher) make up 34.59% of the Ballina workforce – the 4th highest in the country.
Ballina (Tipp) people are above average when it comes to being involved in voluntary work: 20.97 % of the over 15s said they did some sort of voluntary or charitable work compared to the national average of 15.42% – This is the 4th highest percentage of voluntary workers in Ireland.
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Ballina in Tipperary has most Engineers
The town of Ballina in Tipperary has 9.85% of its workforce with a third level engineering, manufacturing or construction qualification. That is 92 people out of a workforce of 934.
The least likely place to find a third level qualification in Engineering would be Rathnew – with only 1.5% of the workforce having one.
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Oranmore people best educated in Ireland?
Oranmore has the best-educated residents in Ireland. Analysing figures from the 2006 census released yesterday – reveals that Oranmore in Co Galway has the highest percentage of graduates living there.
38.35% have a degree or higher and 53.3% of Oranmore residents who have completed their education – have a 3rd level qualification. The next best educated town is Annacotty – with 52.66% having completed third level and 37.17% obtaining a degree or higher.
Top Ten Best Educated Towns Overall:
Oranmore
Malahide
Annacotty
Ballina (North Tipperary)
Greystones
Maynooth
Donabate
Portmarnock
Kinsealy-Drinan
Sallins
Galway City
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High Fertility in Ratoath
Most Children in Ratoath
Ratoath has the largest percentage of residents aged under 15 .
According to the most recent Irish census of 2006, 32% of the population of the town of Ratoath are aged 0 to 14. This is higher than any other town in Ireland with over 1500 residents.
All the following Irish towns have over 25% of their population under 15 : Donabate, Prosperous, Dunboyne, Sallins, Dunshaughlin, Tower, Stamullen, Ballina (North Tipperary), Kinnegad, Clogherhead, Enniskerry, Castlebridge, Rathangan, Carrigaline, Enfield. Many of these are in the Dublin commuter area.
The overall percentage of the population in Ireland aged under 15 is 20.39%.
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